She arrived
home and began to get dinner ready for her family. She called his cell several
times before arriving home but he didn’t answer her calls. She called his
office to find out that he never returned. She knew that he was mad and
avoiding her calls. She only hoped that they could talk when and if he came
home. The kids soon arrived and dinner drew near. Mark asked about his father
and Nova didn’t quite know what to say. She tried calling his cell again and no
answer. “Looks like daddy is working late, so let’s just have dinner without
him. I’ll put a plate aside for him so when he gets home.” She told them. At
dinner she tried to keep busy with asking them question on school and was glad
when dinner was over. They all finally went to bed and she went into her room
to get ready. It was close to 1 am when she finally made her call to him again.
“Derek I don’t know if you will listen to this, but I really want to talk. I’m
sorry about today. I know you’re mad but I’d like it very much if you come home
and we can talk without a doctor. Just us two alone, I promise that I won’t
yell. I’m sorry. Just call me.” She said on his voice mail and then hung up
hoping he would call soon. She soon drifted off to sleep without him calling
her back.

26th
of March 2225

Each day
she would call his cell and office with no reply. His assistant just simply
told her that he was in meetings all day. She could tell that he was lying to
her, she heard his voice quiver. Once she overheard him in the back ground
telling him to tell her he was in a meeting. How could she make it right
between them both when he didn’t want to talk with her? Each night she told the
kids that he was out of town, but Alex knew better. He knew something was not
right between his parents. “Mom is everything alright with you and dad?” he
asked her one night.

“We’re just
fine Alex. Your dad is out of town dealing with some work issues.” She told
him.

“Come on Mom quit the bullshit. I think I know enough
that something is wrong between you and dad.”

“Alex, we
just need a little space that’s all. We will work it out. Now don’t go worrying
your brothers and sister and concentrate on your speech for graduation.” She
told him, but he gave her a concerned face. “We’re alright Alexander. Now go to
bed, and remember one thing that we love you very much.” She smiled at her
oldest son.

“Okay mom,
I’ll back off.” He gave her a smile. “I love you too. Good night.”

31st
of March, 2225

0135
hours

He walked
into their room and found her reading a book. He stood in the doorway and tried
to smile. “Hey,” he said as he softly knocked on the door. “Sorry I haven’t
been home lately I just needed time to think.”

“Hmm, I
thought you weren’t coming home tonight either. I have been calling you all
over town. Where have you been staying?” She asked placing the book down on the
bed.

“I stayed
on my office couch the first night and then I stayed at a motel.” He said as he
sat down on a chair in their room. “How have the kids been?”

“They’ve
asked where you’ve been. I just told them that you had to leave out of town for
a few days, work and all. Alex is the only one that knew something was up. I
could never keep anything from him. I thought you were never coming back. I
mean I understood one or two days but a whole week.”

“Nova I
need you to listen to me. There’s something I should tell you. There are a lot
of things I haven’t been honest about.”

“What
do you mean you haven’t been honest? What haven’t you been honest about?” she
asked afraid that it would hurt her. She always sensed that he had more to tell
her but feared of hurting her.

“Just
listen it’s time that you hear everything about what happened. You wanted to
know about my child with her. This is the time to ask me anything and
everything. But after tonight I don’t ever want to talk about it again. Deal?”

She nodded
her head and asked the first question. “Will there be other surprises with her
or anyone else. Did you have twins also with her? Cause I don’t want to find
out that there is another child out there.”

“No she
only had one. And there was only her, no one else.”

“Why didn’t
you tell me about her name?”

“She never
told me what she named her. I assumed that we just put Wildstar on the
tombstone. Anyway I wanted to get out of there as soon as possible.”

“Did you
love her? Did you tell her that you loved her?”

“No,
never.”

“Did she
look like Miku when she was born?”

“A little,
her hair was lighter than Miku’s. It really freaked me out that they were both
born premature. But as we both know we both didn’t know who Miku’s father was.
I didn’t even see her until they had the DNA test. When I saw her I knew she
was mine.”

“She does
look like you.” But she also knew that Michael had some similar features but
the bound that Derek and Miku had was undeniable. She knew the next question
would hurt her the most but she had to ask. “Did you sleep with her while she
was pregnant?”

He took a
deep breath and said, “Yes.”

“I figure
as much. So you live as husband and wife. So you did abandon us.”

“I wouldn’t
say that.”

“Then what
would you say, you were on holiday? We were on a break?” she said with anger.
“Did you even think of what we were going through when you sent us that letter
saying you weren’t coming home on time?”

“That’s
another thing I wanted to talk to you about. That wasn’t the original letter I
was going to send.” She looked at him confused. Original letter? She thought.
“I debated whether or not to show you these but to move forward I think it’s
best to show you them. That way there will be no surprises.” Derek reached into
his coat pocket and pulled out the letters that he held onto to give to her.
Many times he wanted to throw them out. But he held on to them to remind
himself of how his life would have turned out had she survived. His hand shook
as he handed them to her. He was grateful that he never had to send the Argo
back with those letters. There were 3 letters each with names on it. But now
he was handing them over to her to finally read.

She took
the letters in her hand and opened hers first. Her eyes tear up more as she
began to read it. She paused for a second and then looked back to finish
reading it. She continued,

My
Dearest Nova,

You
have always been my life. The day we married was the best day of my life. When
you gave birth to Alex it was another mile stone. DJ and Mark were the icing on
the cake. I will always cherish every day we had together. Anyway, I know that
you have been waiting for my return. With heavy heart I must let you know that
that will never happen. It is complicated but I will try to tell you
everything. But before you read on I want to let you know I never wanted to
hurt you and I will and always will Love you. My delay here brought things to
me that I know if I do return home I have already lost you and my sons. What I
have done is inexcusable for I have produced a child with someone else. I know
how angry you are right now and I am truly sorry. I want you to know that I
never meant for this to happen and I think of you and the boys every minute of
the day and night. I know that you could never forgive me so it’s best that I
stay here in space. I could come home but a secret like this could never have
been kept hidden. I also know that I could never keep this silent from you. And
once this comes out I know that you would leave me eventually. I don’t think I
can stand that. And to explain to our sons that I screwed up once again with
you is something that I never want to do. So I have to be a coward not facing
our sons but its best that they see me as a cad then facing them and seeing
their faces. I was week for one night and now my marriage is over because of
that night. You may think we could have worked through it but ask yourself
would we be able to rebuild from that? Please don’t think that I have chosen
her over you because I haven’t. I am not staying here. I figure its best that I
disappear from both your lives. I love you Nov, I have and always will. Please
I ask that sometime in the future that you can forgive me for leaving you and
the boys like this. I know your hurt and hate me right now but someday I hope
that you will move on and find it in your heart to forgive me for what I have
done. I LOVE YOU ALWAYS.

With
all my heart and soul, I will always be there for you when you need me.

Love
you always

Derek

She stood
up and walked over to the window and wiped her eyes. It took her 20 minutes to
compose herself and then began to read the letter he wrote to their oldest son.

Alexander

You
are my pride and joy. The day you were born I knew then that you would be a
great man like your uncle Alex. He too was a great man. I could never measure
up to him and I knew one day that I would not measure up to you. The first time
I held you in my arms I never thought I would love anyone more, for the
exception of your mother you were my heart. One day I hope that we can talk
like men. I don’t know if your mother has told you yet or she has given you
this letter. Your mother will be able to explain in her own time about why I
never returned. I know that this doesn’t make sense to you right now but
someday you will understand. Please Alex, take good care of your mother and
brothers. They will need you. You’re the man of the house now I need you to be
the man that I know you can be. I want you to follow you dreams of being a
pilot or other things. I know your mother will encourage you to strive to be
the best. Your mother has done a great job with you guys so far so I know she will
continue the good work. I love you Alex, please take care of her for she is my
soul and heart. I only wish that I can tell you this in person, but I know that
being there to explain will only make me a shame of hurting you all. It’s best
this way. Good bye my oldest, I love you.

Forever
your father,

I
love you, Dad.

It was
heartbreaking to read those letters but she needed to read the last letter he
handed to her. She was surprise to the name on the envelope. “Why Michael?”
she asked.

“Just read it.”
He said still looking away. She could barely open the next letter. Her hand
shook as tears fell onto the paper. She looked up at her husband and saw that
he look away as she wiped the tears from her face. She crossed her legs and
sat back taking in a deep breath. She began to read it.

Michael,

I
know that we all haven’t seen eye to eye, my jealously for you had just cause.
I’ve always known that you loved my wife. She is an extraordinary woman. There
is no one like her. She is a loving, giving person. Each day I fell deeply in
love with her. How she faced each day made me look forward to the next. I know
that she is hurting right now and I ask you to be by her side. She will be
totally destroyed but I know you will be able to help her come around. Yes
Spada, I am handing my wife to you. If anything I know you will be there for
her. You will not let her down, as much as I have. The boys love you and I can
see you are great with them. I want you to make them forget about me. To forget
who their father was. If only for a memory I want them to remember me as a
strong man willing to fight for them and die for them. Please take care of them
for me.

All
my best

Admiral
Derek Wildstar

“You were
ready to let go of us. Just like that, you were ready to walk away. For what, for
her and your daughter? So when you wrote these letters you already made up your
mind. You always told me that you would come back to us had she live either
way. And all this time you lie to me about it to make me feel better.”

“Yes, but before
you say anything think about it. Had I come home and told you would you have
stayed with me. Or would you have still left?”

“It doesn’t
matter! It wasn’t your decision to make. For you to think of walking away from
us without trying, shows you nothing more than a coward. Would you have stayed
with her and raised your daughter?”

“My
intentions were to leave and never return to you or her. I still don’t know
that answer. I can’t go back and see what would have happen. Nova I just want
to clear the air and move on with our lives.” He kneeled down in front of her
and said. “Please Nova I am willing to answer everything and whatever doubt you
have. I want to just clear the air and move on with you. Not without you. I
don’t want to look back to what happened. I want us to work things out. I know
I held back a lot but I never wanted to hurt you. When we got back together I
just wanted to make you happy. I never wanted to go down that road again.” He
picked up her face to look her in the eyes. “Nova I never wanted you to ever
see those letters. I carried them to remind me how I hurt you and the kids. And
that I will never ever put you in that situation again. Can we please try to
make this work?” He asked.

“I don’t
know Derek.” She said through her tears. “I, I just don’t know.”

“I see, I
guess I was wrong in thinking that we could work this out. I’m sorry I gave you
those letters. I guess I regret it now. I just thought that by giving them to
you that I could be totally honest with you and our marriage.” He got up and
headed into his closet and began to pack some clothes. He stood there looking
around it and began to cry. Slowly he gain controlled of himself and continued
to pack.

“What are
you doing?” he heard her say from behind him.

“Well it’s
obvious that this is not going to work for us so it’s best that I leave. It
will give you time to think things out about us.”

She
grabbed the clothes from his hands and placed them back where they were. “No I
won’t let you off that easily. If you want to make this work then you have to
stay here and work with me. If you leave now I don’t ever want you to see you
again. I want you to work things out for us not the kids or to make me feel
better. I need YOU not someone to date their way back into my life. We have to
work together. Now don’t think this will be easy for you. I just might say
things to you that will hurt your feelings. But I love you Derek Wildstar and
damn it! I want this to work. Yes those letters were a rude awakening to what
your state of mind was back then. But this is now and if you walk out that door
I don’t want you to ever look back.” She said in a stern voice. He stood there
shock to what she said. She slipped her arms around his waist and brought him
closer to her. “So what’s it going to be? Are you staying or is it totally over
between us?”

He hugged
her tighter and let out a loud sigh. “Are you sure you want me to stay?” he
whispered into her ear. She nodded her head yes and he kissed the top of her
head taking her perfume in. “So what do we do now?”

“Hmm, first
we take those letters and burn them. I don’t want Alex ever seeing them. Then
we start working on us.” She wiped the tears from his eyes and kissed him on
the lips.”I’m sorry about what happened at the doctor’s office.”

“Hey don’t
sweat it. For some odd reason I knew what I was walking into. Let’s just forget
about it.” He softly said into her ear. “Gosh I love you so much. So are we
going to continue going back to Doctor Find your Feelings and let your emotions
go?” she laughed at his description of her therapist. He smiled wide to see her
smile and laugh. “I guess that’s a no.”

“If you’re
not comfortable then I will stop going. Anyway I think we are making great head
ways here in this room. Who would have thought that your closet is a great
place to have therapy? Why don’t we make an appointment this time every night
and do our own session?” She said.

“Well Mrs.
Wildstar you still have about 30 minutes left of your session. What would you
like to talk about?” He slyly said.

“Hmm, I
don’t really have anything more to say right now. Maybe you can give me
something to work on for homework.” She purred into his ear. He pulled her away
and kissed her once more. Slowly he moved his hand over her shoulder and began
to take off her clothes. “Here?” she asked.

“Why not?
Why ruin the moment?” he kissed her neck and helped her to the floor of his
closet. Within seconds they were making passionate love. He missed her so much
and she could tell with his love making.

31st
of March, 2225

0730
hours

The younger
Wildstars sat at the kitchen table eating breakfast and talking about what will
happen during the day’s school activities. Their father walked in and headed
straight to the coffee pot. They all looked at each other and then back to
their father. DAD! They all screamed and race to hug him. “Whoa! Let me at
least take a sip of my coffee first.” He laughed and then placed his cup onto
the counter. He picked up Miku and hugged her tight. “Dad missed you guys.”

“When did you get home Dad?” DJ
asked.

“Late last
night. Sorry I tried to come in earlier but couldn’t. But I’m here now and so
glad to see you all.” He said smiling at them. Nova walked in a few minutes
later and stood in the arch way smiling at them with their father. He looked
her way and his smile widened more to see her there. “Okay, finish your
breakfast and get ready for school. I’m sure the bus will be coming soon. Alex
thanks for taking over while I was gone.” He said and gave him a wink. “Now
everyone get your jackets it’s still a little nippy outside. Miku I’ll wait
with you on the bus stop.” They ran to the door and waited for their father to
come. Nova walked over to the counter and made herself some tea and then smiled
at him. “Good morning beautiful.” He hugged her from behind. “It was wonderful
waking up next to you again. After I put them on the bus you think we can fool
around before I go off to work?”

“Hmm,
aren’t you tired from last night? I mean the closet, the bed, out on the beach
how much more do you want?” she giggled. “And to let you know I did freeze out
there.”

“Well it
has been a week. I think I covered about 5 days last night. I have two more
days to make up. And sorry I thought I could keep you warm.” He kissed her on
the back of the head when Mark walked in.

“ARGH!
Aren’t you two too old for that? I have to deal with Alex and Annie making goo-goo
eyes at each other and now you two. You guys are going to make me sick!” he
grabbed his throat and stuck out his tongue.

They both
laughed at him and Derek gave her one more kiss before taking them all to the
bus stop. He held Miku hand as he walked down the road to where the bus stopped
and waited. “Daddy where did you go for work?” she asked.

“What?”

“Mommy said
you were away for work.”

“OH! Yeah,
it was pretty far from here. But it doesn’t matter, I’m home now.” He said.

“Did you
bring me something back?” She jumped up and down excited. “You always bring me
something back when you go away.”

“Hmm, I’m
sorry Miku I forgot this time around. But I promise the next time I go away
I’ll bring you back two presents.” He knelt down and fixed her hat and scarf.
She gave him the funny look she always gave him. She tilted her head slightly
to the right and wiggled her nose smiling at him. It was something she always
did to him. “Now here comes the bus, have fun in school today. I love you.” He
said kissing her on the top of her head. He watched as she boarded the bus and
he waved as it drove down the road. He turned to the house and stood there
staring. He thought of the day he brought her here way back when Alex was still
alive. How they spent time adding things to the house to make it their own.
Captain Avatar would be amazed as to what she did with the place. The guest house
was a replica of it. The add-on to house was like it was always there. Captain
Avatar would smile that it was filled with laughter of children. From a four
bedroom house it became five bedroom with the extended master bedroom. The only
thing that was not touch was his office that sat on top of the whole house. He
would sit in his office and take in the panoramic view of the ocean and mountains.
So many nights’ they spent on the beach making love. So many Christmas with
their kids opening their gifts and screaming with joy that they got what they
wanted. Derek smiled to himself thinking of all that. He thought of all the
happy times in the house. The drama and fights faded in the distance to all
those happy moments. He walked into the house and rubbed his shoulder. “Brrr,
its cold out there.” He told his wife that sat on the couch sipping her tea.
She smiled and patted her hand on the couch. He sat down next to her and put
his arm around her shoulder. “Mmm, you’re warm. You know I can use a little
heating up.”

“And where
would you like for us to try this time. On the roof?” she sarcastically said.

“Well it’s
the only place in the house that we haven’t done it. Why not? I know that there
is a perfect spot up there for us. Only thing is that if we fall asleep we may
wake up on the wrong side of the bed.”

She lifted
her eyebrow and blew softly into her cup. “Really? And how do you expect me to
climb on the roof?”

“Come on
you know I’m joking, right. I wouldn’t expect you to climb up there.”

“What if I
tell you I have a contractor coming here next week to see about putting a porch
up there?”

“A porch!
Where?”

She took
him by the hand and dragged him up the stairs to his study. “I was thinking of
knocking out this wall and having French doors placed here. The porch will be
added over the kids’ rooms.”

“Can they
do that?”

“They can
do anything. Now,” she pulled him closer. “Think of all the things we can do
out there.”

“Wow I like
where you’re going with this. Where do I sign?”

11th
of May, 2225

Great
Island General Hospital

The
Wildstar went back into the swing of things. Derek continued to work at EDF
headquarters and Nova returned to the hospital. She was offered head surgical
nurse position, but turned it down. She settled for a part time position as an
ER nurse. It fit prefect for her she was able to move her schedule to fit her
children’s schedules. She liked working in the ER. At any given moment things
can turn chaotic and she thrived in it all. She pulled open a curtain and
smiled at the little boy sitting on the gurney. “Hello, I’m Nova. And you must
be Hiro?” He stuck up his finger and showed her a cut. She gave it look and
smiled at him. “It must hurt?” the little boy nodded his head and she smiled at
him. “Well I think we can fix it up right now. I promise it won’t hurt. Now let
me clean it up and then I am going to put some liquid band aid on it. Then
you’ll be all better.” She cooed at him. Quickly she finished cleaning his
finger and placed the ointment on his finger. She gave him another smile and
said. “All done, does that feel better?” he gave her a front toothless smile
and hugged her. “Awe you’re welcome.” She brought him to his mother and gave
instruction on keeping it clean. As she handed them their discharge papers she
heard a commotion coming from one of the rooms. The sound of Orderlies could be
heard racing towards the room. Nova pick up pace and opened the door. There in
the middle of the room stood a young marine holding on to his wife.

“GO AWAY!”
he yelled at everyone. “THIS IS BETWEEN MY WIFE AND ME!”

Nova waved
back the orderlies and said. “Okay let’s all calm down. Now just let her go and
whatever it is we can talk about it.”

“GET AWAY!”

She slowly
picked up his chart and looked at it. “Sergeant David Casey of the Space
Marines, I once knew a Marine name Casey back in 2203. He worked under Sergeant
Knox are you related?”

“He was my
father.” He said. “You knew my father and Sergeant Knox?”

“I knew
both of them. Your father was a fine man.”

“He left
and never came back.” He lowered his head thinking of his father.

“Sergeant,
can you tell me why you’re doing this?”

“She knows
why.”

“Please
David don’t do this.” She pleaded with him.

“Shut up,
you slept with him. How could you do this to me?” He cried.

“They told
me you were dead. I lost all hope when they told me. He was there to help me
through it all.”

“You
could’ve waited.” He said in anger.

“I did wait
and then they told me you were dead. Please David, I would have never slept
with him if I knew you were still alive.” She argued back

Nova
watched as they argued back and forth. She slowly made her way around. If I can
only get closer I can distract him long enough to get him to let her go. She
made her way finally facing him from behind and grabbed hold of his arm that
held the needle in his hand. She managed to knock the syringe out of his hand
and his wife ran for the door. The orderlies ran in to help her as she
struggled to get him to the bed. “LET ME GO!” he yelled out. He fought hard
with her and the orderlies trying to get out of their grip. With one big
forceful shove he pushed Nova across the room. She fell to the ground and
twisted her wrist from the impact. She screamed out in pain and tried to get up
to help them again. They finally managed to get him down on the bed and
strapped him in. Nova got another syringe and sedated him. As things began to
calm down she could feel the pain in her wrist and went to the supply room to
get herself a wrist ban. She secured it tightly and told the other nurse she
was going to have it check out. Making her way to the x-ray room she spoke to
the technician and he took her x-ray. “Who’s on call tonight?” she asked him.

“I think it’s
Doctor Wong.”

She thanked
him and walked down the hall to the chief resident’s room. She knocked softly
on the door knowing that he or she could be sleeping. When on call they take
whatever time to sleep. Like in battle you never know when you get a chance to
do it. “Hello?” she spoke softly not to startle anyone sleeping. Hearing a moan
she waited until she heard a voice. “Hold on I’ll be right out.” She heard
someone say. She stood outside and waited to see Doctor Wong emerge from the
room.

“What can I
do for you?” he asked.

“Sorry to
wake you Doctor, but I had an accident and just wanted to check with you on the
x-ray.” She said.

He took the
x-ray and gave it a look, “Hmm, looks like a hair line factor. Let me see the
splint.” He looked over her wrist and finally said. “You did a good job there.
Just no heavy lifting as you would know. Keep it wrap and come see me at my
office out in town in a week. Are you done with your shift?”

“No I have
another 3 hours to go.”

“I think
you should go home and rest, but if you must stay don’t lift anything. You’re
lucky it didn’t break completely.”

“Thank you
Doc.”

“Not a
problem, see you in a week and no excuses. I know how you nurses can be. You
tend to act like doctors and treat yourselves. I will be expecting you.” He
waved his finger at her.

“I will be
there. I promise.” Nova smiled at the little man.

Her day
ended quickly and she went home still feeling the days effect in her wrist.
Hurry into her room she shower and changed to be ready for her kids to come
home from school. Misha started to prepare dinner for her while Miku played
outside on the deck. Nova walked into the kitchen and smiled, “Hello everyone
how was your day?” she asked. Miku ran into the room and through herself into
her mother arms. “How are you feeling today?” she asked her daughter that was
home sick from school.

“Better can
I go back to school soon?” she said tilting her head to the right wiggling her
nose and smiling.

“Were you a
good girl for Ms. Misha?”

Miku smiled
and nodded her head to her mother. She looked at her mother hand and pointed.
“Mommy what happened?”

“Oh nothing
honey, just a little boo boo from work. I’ll be alright. Now let me help Misha
with dinner before your brother’s and daddy come home.” Misha and Nova worked
together preparing dinner for the family. Little by little they all walked in
to the house. Derek was the last to arrive. Putting his briefcase down on the
chair he walked into the kitchen. He walked behind his wife and wrapped his
arms around her waist.

“Mmm,
what’s for dinner it smells good.” He purred into her ear. “Or should I ask
what’s for dessert?” He turned her around and kissed her on the lips.

“Dessert
will not be served until later tonight.” she said smirking at him.

He took
hold of her hand and finally noticed her splint. “What the hell happened to
you?”

“There was
a little mishap at the hospital today. I just got the short end of the stick.
I’m fine Derek, just a hair line fracture on my Proximal Phalanx. It will heal,
so don’t worry.”

“So what
happened?”

“Just a Marine…you
know how they can be.”

“What
Marine?”

“Now don’t
you go pulling rank on him. He was going through a hard time. His wife was told
that he was killed in action and she moved on. Needless to say he came back
from the dead not liking the fact that she moved on with his best friend. Hence
the hurt wrist.” She told him.

“I see,
well as long as you’re alright, but I would expect this to happen in space
under battle not here on Earth, especially in a hospital.” He said looking at
her hand with concern.

“Derek are
you telling me to quit because that’s never going to happen. And going back to
headquarters is Sooo out of the question. That place tends to suck the life out
of people. Plus the kids need me and they are willing to work around my
schedule.”

“We can
arrange for you to work at your own schedule if that’s what you want.”

“Those are
always the famous last words. Meanwhile I’ll find myself coming home just in
time to tuck in Miku. No thanks, sir. Now get ready for dinner.” She kissed him
on the lips and turned him out the kitchen. Within the hour they were sitting
down eating dinner and they all asked her about her hand. She quickly dismissed
their concern and changed the subject. They talk about school and Alex coming
graduation from the academy. Nova felt a tear come to her eye knowing that her
son was going to leave soon for college.

“Oh come on
Mom, it’s not like I’m going to the states like Dee or Annie. I’m just going to
north part of Great Island. It’s only an hour away and I can come home. Which
reminds me, can I move into the guest house?”

“The guest
house? Why? I don’t see any reason for you to move into the guest house.” Nova
said.

“Nov,”
Derek looked over to her and shook his head. “Alex we will talk about it and
let you know in the morning.”

“I already
thought about it and the answer is no.” she said with a stern voice.

“Alex we’ll
let you know.” He said looking at his wife. Alex looked to his parents and
wondered if a fight was coming on. His father smiled back at him and gave him a
wink. “Your mom and I will talk about it tonight. We’ll give you our answer in
the morning. Now let’s all help clean up and Miku Daddy will read you a story
tonight.” Nova rolled her eyes at him and began to clear the table. As they
settle for the night, Derek watched as she undressed. “What gives with Alex not
moving into the guest house?”

“I just
don’t think it’s a good idea. Anyway he has a room here, why does he need to
move into the guest house. What will we do when we have guest?”

“Nova he’s
growing up and he wants his privacy.”

“He gets
privacy here in his room.”

“That’s not
what I’m talking about. He may want to entertain someone. He’s not a child
anymore.”

“Entertain
who. Annie will be in the states for college. She may not even come home as
much as they want her to. Harvard is not easy she will have to study hard to
become a lawyer.”

“I’m not
talking about Annie.”

“Then who?
As far as I know they are still together.”

“What makes
you think that they will stay together living on separate parts of the world?
It’s not easy and you out of anyone would know. He may want to break it off or
she may want to. And IF that happens I’m sure he would like to entertain.” He
tried to explain.

“Derek I
still think that it’s not a good idea. I don’t think I can see him with anyone
else.”

Taking a
deep breath he knew it was going to be a long night. “Nova so you think that
you were my one and only. We both know better than that. Don’t get me wrong you
saving yourself for marriage was special for me. I was happy that you did. But
had I not experiment I don’t think I would be as much of a caring lover. Maybe
he wants to live a little.”

“And what
happens if he hooks up with an old Julie Tolbert and she happens to accidently
get pregnant. His life will be over and I won’t let that happen.”

“Babe, Alex
is a smart kid. He is not going to get himself trapped like that. You did a
great job raising him. I don’t think he will let someone take advantage of him
like that. So relax, he’s a good kid.” He took her into his arms and kissed her
on the lips. “Come on, he’s not a baby anymore, he’s a man.”

“He’s not a
man, he’s only 18 years old.”

“Okay he is a YOUNG MAN, but he is
not a baby. You have to let him live a little. And it’s a perfect set up. He
will be close to home and not out in town. Come on, let him move in. Anyway
when was the last time we actually use it?” He snuggle his face on her neck
making her laugh. “Come on Nov, please.” He said softly into her ear and then
kissed her neck again. Slowly he made his way down her neck and then back to
her lips. “Come on, mom, please.”

“Stop it,”
she giggled at him. “Your worst then they are.”

“What do
you say?” He softly said as he rubbed her back pulling her closer to him.

“Oh
alright, he can move into the guest house. But only after the summer.”

“I think he
will agree on that. Thank you, Mom.” He then kissed her hard on the lips and
threw her on the bed making her scream with laughter.

16th
of May, 2225

Nova and
Derek stood in their kitchen making dinner for the kids. “Is Alex still working
on his speech?” Derek said as he helped her in the kitchen.

“I haven’t
asked but I think he is still working on it. It’s not easy writing those. You
want to make sure that it will be remembered for years to come. Did you order
his graduation gift?”

“I did, but
don’t you think that it’s a little flashy for him. I mean really Nov, a car?”

“How is he
going to come home? He needs something to drive. And I need my car back.”

“You have
your Mini.”

“I’m not
talking about the Mini, the family car is for the family. Suppose Misha needs
to go somewhere for me. How is she going to go? In her junk car that can barely
make it up the hill?”

“So what
you’re saying is Misha is getting the family car, Alex is getting a new BMW and
you get to keep your car?”

“If it’s
the money you don’t have to worry about it. My parents are getting it for him.”

“Now you
just made me feel like crap. I can get my own son a car. It just I think it’s,”

“Oh for
Christ sakes, they are not buying him a house. My parents want to give it to
him so let them. We are paying for the college.”

“It’s not
much Nov, anyway my rank alone gives him the free ride.”

She sat
down on at the kitchen table and sighed. “That’s another thing I have to tell
you. He doesn’t want to use that free ride.”

“WHAT! What
do you mean he doesn’t want to use the grant?”

“He wants
someone that could use it someone that will make a good officer and doesn’t
have the finances to go anyway, he already waivered the grant to him.”

She watched
as her husband’s eyes widen and could tell he was starting to get mad. “He did
what?”

“Derek calm
down. It’s not like we don’t have a college fund for him. You have to admit it’s
very admirable of him to turn down the money. It shows he has character.”

“But I was
hoping to get a boat with that money.” He pouted.

“Grow up
Admiral, he is your son and the money was there for their college not a boat.” She
touched his nose and smiled at him. He looked like their son when Alex was 5
years old and didn’t get his way. “Cheer up Admiral, we can always use my parent’s
yacht when we want to.”

“But I want
my own boat,” he whined. Rolling her eyes at him she went back to preparing
dinner. They heard the phone ring and Nova yelled out to their son to pick up
the phone. Mark yelled back across the room to his mother. “Mom, its Doctors
Wong’s office.”

“Can you
take a message I’m a little busy in the kitchen.” She yelled back.

“How’s your
hand babe,” Wildstar asked her as he helped her take out a roast out of the
oven. He placed on top of stove and then took her hand and rubbed it.

“It’s
better, thanks.” She smiled as he continued to hold her hand and then kissed
it. “I need you to get the plates down.”

“Anything
for you my queen.” He leaned in and kissed her on the lips.

“Aw come
on, can’t you wait till we are all asleep.” They heard Mark say as he entered
the room. “Really you two kiss more than Alex and Annie. It’s so disgusting, I
think I’m gonna puke.” He gagged at them.

“Don’t be a
smart ass, what did the Doctor say?” His father asked.

“Oh yeah,
he said that he won’t be there but his associate will be there to take you.
Something about he had to go see his gulf cart.” Mark said.

Kissing him
on the top of his head she said. “Thank you, now go tell your brothers to come
to dinner.”

To be continued . . . . . .

Now that Nova and Derek moved on to make their marriage
work they settle into their everyday life. Will their lives have smooth sailing
or will life throw them another curve.? Read on to find out.